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World Bank President Announces Reorganization for Anti-Corruption Work |
On December 19, 2013, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced that the World Bank is establishing a new division to combat corruption as part of a major reorganization.[1]
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Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Afghanistan, China, United States, World |
Corruption, International Organizations, World Bank |
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Secretary of State Kerry Warns Texas Over Plan to Execute Another Mexican |
On December 11, 2013, counsel for Mexican national, Edgar Arias Tamayo, in a letter requested Texas Governor Rick Perry to grant him a 30-day reprieve and petitioned the Texas Board of Pardons and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Human Rights |
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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Adjournment in Kenyatta Trial Which Is Unraveling |
On December 19, 2013, the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked for an adjournment in the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, which is in danger of completely unraveling due to witnesses... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Kenya |
International Criminal Court |
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Snowden Offers to Help Brazil on U.S. Surveillance in Exchange for Asylum |
On December 18, 2013, the media revealed that Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor for the National Security Agency now living temporarily in Russia, has sent an “open letter”... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Brazil, Russia, United States |
Extradition |
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SFO Starts Foreign Bribery Investigations of Rolls-Royce |
On December 23, 2013, Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced it had started a criminal investigation into accusations of bribery and corruption at Rolls-Royce, which makes jet engines... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
British Commonwealth, China, Indonesia, United Kingdom |
Corruption |
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Brazilian Extradition of Misick to Turks & Caicos Imminent As New Prosecutions Will Be Brought in the New Year |
As 2013 drew to a close, the Brazilian extradition of former Premier Michael Eugene Misick and the prosecution of addition former politicians for corruption were imminent in the Turks &... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Brazil, Turks and Caicos, United States |
Corruption, Extradition |
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U.S. Allows India Diplomat to Leave the U.S. After Indictment for Fraud |
On December 12, 2013, the arrest and treatment thereafter of Indian deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade in New York has caused retaliatory action by the Indian government and significant... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
India, United States |
Immunity, Jurisdiction |
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UN General Assembly Adopts Anti-Surveillance Resolution |
Deeply concerned that electronic surveillance, interception of digital communications and collection of personal data may negatively impact human rights, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Australia, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, United States |
Human Rights, Privacy, United Nations |
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Justice Department Program for Voluntary Compliance for Swiss Banks Produces Many Participants as Initial Deadline Passes |
As the initial deadline of December 31, 2013 passed for Swiss banks to participate in the Voluntary Compliance program for Swiss banks, it has produced a lot of applications by Swiss banks, guidance... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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U.S. Attorney in N. Jersey Announces Unsealing of Foreign Bribery Charges Against Former CEOs of Oil Services Company |
On January 6, 2014, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
3 |
2014-03-01 |
Colombia, Philippines, United States |
Bribery |
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UN Secretary-General Reports on Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea off the Coast of Somalia |
On October 21, 2013, the United Nations Secretary-General (UNS-G) submitted to the Security Council (the Council) his report on the situation with respect to piracy and armed robbery at sea off the... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia |
Maritime |
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U.S. Indicts Former Mexican Governor of Tamaulipas and Two Former Politicians from Coahuila in Two Different Cases of Corruption and Money Laundering |
On November 27, 2013, and December 2, 2013, the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas announced indictments against former high-level Mexican officials. On... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Mexico, United States |
Corruption |
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U.S. Judges Authorize IRS to Issue John Doe Summons for Records of U.S. Taxpayer Accounts at Zurcher Kantonalbank and Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Limited and Affiliates |
On November 7 and 12, 2013, two U.S. District Court judges issued orders authorizing the IRS to issue summons to banks to produce information about U.S. taxpayers who may be evading or have evaded... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Switzerland, United States |
Tax Enforcement |
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World Bank/UNODC Report Criticizes Foreign Bribery Settlements as Not Helping Developing Countries |
A report of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR)/World Bank/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime focuses on how the imposition of monetary sanctions through settlements compares to the... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
OECD |
Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure, Bribery, Corruption |
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Cambodia Detains Russian Tycoon on Russian Extradition Request |
On November 11, 2013, Cambodian law enforcement authorities detained Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky on a Russian extradition warrant with respect to embezzlement charges concerning... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Cambodia, Russia |
Extradition |
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Swiss Forfeit Siemens Slush Funds |
On November 12, 2013, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) announced it had closed the Siemens case concerning the telecommunications sector. Siemens has established and... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Germany, Switzerland |
Asset Forfeiture, Money Laundering |
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German Government Task Force will Release List of Gurlitt Works Seized |
On November 14, 2013, a German government task force investigating a cache of lost art discovered in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, the elderly son of an art dealer for the Nazis... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Germany, Poland |
Cultural Property |
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U.S. Offers Reward to Help Dismantle Asian Wildlife-Trafficking Syndicate |
On November 13, 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced a $1 million reward for information to help dismantle the Xaysavang Network, allegedly one of Asia’s largest wildlife... |
Bruce Zagaris |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Kenya, Laos, South Africa, United States |
Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle |
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UN Security Council Refuses to Defer Kenyan Trials at the International Criminal Court |
On November 15, 2013, the U.N. Security Council refused to delay (defer – to use the words of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ICC) trial of Kenya's President Uhuru... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
Kenya |
International Courts, International Crimes, International Criminal Court |
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EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting |
On November 18, 2013, in Washington, D.C., the European Union – United States Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting took place. Participants to the meeting included European Commission... |
Michael Plachta |
30 |
2 |
2014-02-01 |
European Union, United States |
Counter-terrorism, EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Union, International Cooperation |